FEC Approves Power Projects In Ogun, Yobe, Others

The federal executive council (FEC) has approved several contracts in Ogun Yobe and other states to boost power supply in various parts of the country.

Aliyu Abubakar, minister of power, briefed journalists after the council’s valedictory meeting on Wednesday.

The minister said the council approved the award of a contract for the engineering procurement, construction, and financing of the implementation of 330 kilovolts (KV) and 132 KV line transmission lines; as well as 33 KV, 11 KV, and a 400 protective earth (PE) distribution line project, under phase one of the presidential power initiative (PPI).

He said the contract was awarded in “favour of two contractors in the sum of $581,629,355.93, inclusive of 7.5 percent, at the prevailing exchange rate with a completion period of 36 months as indicated”.

“The recipient companies for lot one, from DL from Benin and Enugu DisCos, Messrs SLD electric. Then, lot DM 3 Abuja, Jos, Kano, Kaduna DisCos, Messrs China civil engineering construction cooperation, totaling a distance of around 13,000 kilometers for the two ‘lots’, and it has been graciously approved by council,” Abubakar said.

“Council approved the award of contract for the construction of 750 kilowatts solar PV power plant at the headquarters of where TCN is also situated in favor of Proserv Energy Services Limited in the sum of N1.6 billion inclusive of 7.5 percent VAT with a completion period of six months.

“Council also approved routine maintenance for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The council approved a contract for the upgrading of the substation in Potiskum town in Yobe state with 132 power transformers.

“It is an existing substation, which has been there for a very long time with only one transformer and it serves a lot of areas around Potiskum.”